Out of the deep I cry

Verse 1
Out of the deep I cry
Just at the point to die,
Hast’ning to infernal pain,
Jesus, Lord, I cry to thee,
Help a feeble child of man,
Shew forth all thy power in me.

Verse 2
On thee I ever call,
Saviour and friend of all:
Well thou know’st my desp’rate case,
Thou my curse of sin remove,
Save me by thy richest grace,
Save me by thy pard’ning love.

Verse 3
How shall a sinner find
The Saviour of mankind!
Canst thou not accept my prayer,
Not bestow the grace I claim?
Where are thy old mercies, where
All the powers of Jesus’ name?

Verse 4
What shall I say to move
The bowels of thy love?
Are they not already stirr’d?
Have I in thy death no part?
Ask thy own compassions, Lord,
Ask the yearnings of thy heart!

Verse 5
I will not let thee go,
Till I thy mercy know:
Let me hear the welcome sound,
Speak, if still thou canst forgive,
Speak, and let the lost be found,
Speak, and let the dying live.

Verse 6
Thy love is all my plea,
Thy passion speaks for me:
By thy pangs and bloody sweat,
By thy depth of grief unknown,
Save me gasping at thy feet,
Save, O save thy ransom’d one!

Verse 7
What hast thou done for me,
O think on Calvary!
By thy mortal groans, and sighs,
By thy precious death I pray,
Hear my dying spirit’s cries,
Take, O take my sins away!

Hymnal/Album: Introduced in Hymns for Those That Seek and Those That Have Redemption in the Blood of Jesus Christ (William Strahan, 1747). Published in The Poetical Works of John and Charles Wesley, Collected and Arranged by G. Osborn, Vol. 4 (London: Wesleyan-Methodist Conference Office, 1869), page 249.
Publishing: Public Domain